The Trumps are set to become the most expensive first family in history if they don’t immediately begin reducing their lavish spending habits and frequent trips across the globe – and taxpayers are set to continue picking up the tab for as long as they keep it up. For context, President Donald Trump is expected […]
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USAAn Arkansas judge issued a temporary restraining order Friday to halt all six executions slated to begin Monday after a pharmaceutical company objected to having its drug used in the lethal-injection protocol. Pulaski County Circuit Court Judge Wendell Griffen’s order came hours after the Arkansas Supreme Court granted an emergency stay to delay the execution
CIA chief Mike Pompeo has called whistleblowing organization WikiLeaks a “non-state hostile intelligence service” often helped by Russia. The former Republican congressman, who once praised WikiLeaks disclosures, criticized the group for targeting the U.S. more than other nations “while seeking support from anti-democratic countries.” He claimed that Russian military intelligence used the organization as a
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USARussia has once again denounced what it called ‘an act of aggression’, after the US missile strike on a Syrian airbase in retaliation to a reported use of chemical weapons in Khan Sheikhoun. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made the statement alongside his Iranian and Syrian counterparts at three-way talks in Moscow.The alliance supporting Syrian President
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International, Middle East, USAOn Thursday night, the U.S. military unleashed a 20,000-pound bomb — one of the largest non-nuclear weapons in its arsenal — on a tunnel complex the Pentagon said was used by Islamic State fighters in eastern Afghanistan. It was a dramatic escalation of American operations against the militant group’s affiliate in South Asia. It also
At least 36 suspected ISIL militants are thought to have been killed when the US dropped “the mother of all bombs” in Afghanstan. The deaths have not been independently verified. However, Afghan defence ministry spokesman Dawlat Waziri said no civilians were harmed in the massive blast that destroyed a network of caves and tunnels. “No
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International, USAFormer Ravens tight end Konrad Reuland lay facedown on his bed last year, his head swelling after an aneurysm that would prove fatal, when doctors turned him on his back so that family members could say goodbye. What happened next “dumbfounded” doctors, according to the Ravens team website: His brain was already damaged beyond repair,
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Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, USAPYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea is expected to test a missile or nuclear weapon as early as Saturday — the 105th birthday of the country’s late founder, Kim Il Sung — and anxiety is mounting. President Donald Trump has moved a Navy strike group to the Korean peninsula. Vice President Mike Pence was scheduled
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International, USAWASHINGTON — The Trump administration will keep the records of who visits the White House secret, ending a practice started under the Obama administration of partially releasing visitor logs, a White House official said Friday. Even though President Donald Trump led chants of “drain the swamp” during the campaign and promised to protect government business
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USANEW YORK, April 13, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — AJC is urging Secretary of State Tillerson to fill without further delay the position of Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism. The vital position, created by Congress in 2004, has been vacant since the new Administration took office in January. “For reasons of substance and perception this
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International, USAAs a group of US navy ships led by an aircraft carrier head to the Korean peninsula, Pyongyang has accused Washington of pushing the region to the brink of war. The North Korean foreign ministry said the US was bringing “huge nuclear strategic assets” to the area. Tension is rising amid concerns the North may
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International, USANorth Korea’s vice foreign minister on Friday blamed President Donald Trump for building up a “vicious cycle” of tensions on the Korean Peninsula, saying that his “aggressive” tweets were “making trouble.” In an exclusive interview with The Associated Press in Pyongyang, Vice Minister Han Song Ryol also warned the U.S. against provoking North Korea militarily,
Pittsburgh Steelers owner Dan Rooney died on Thursday, the team announced. He was 84. No cause of death was released. Rooney was admitted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2000. He served as general manager of the club from 1975-2003. Rooney’s father, Art, purchased the Steelers in 1933 and the family has run
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Obituaries & memorials, Sports & Competitions, USAPHILADELPHIA — Student leaders of Pennsylvania State University’s fraternity system apologized to the family of Tim Piazza, the sophomore who died after pledge night in February, in an open letter released this week. “The fraternity experience failed your son,” wrote Penn State’s Interfraternity Council Executive Board, in a letter released publicly Wednesday evening. The letter
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